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Alumni Report: Kaleb Toth Enters Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame

December 2, 2022 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
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A Moose Jaw Warriors' alum heard his name called to a hall of fame last month.

Kaleb Toth, who played three seasons with the Warriors, was inducted into the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2022.

"It feels pretty cool, it came unexpected, I didn't have any clue," Toth said.

Toth played in Moose Jaw from 1995-97, dressing in 127 games for the Warriors.

However, he is better known for his professional lacrosse career, which saw him play 13 seasons in the National Lacrosse League with the Calgary Roughnecks and Toronto Rock.

Toth was inducted into the CLHF on Nov. 12. He said he didn't believe it when the call came that he was a part of this year's class.

"I was like, 'Okay, one of my friends is pulling a prank on me,' and then when it was announced, I had a lot of people calling and congratulating me, so it was quite an honour," Toth said.

Toth was a star in the NLL, starting his career with the Toronto Rock in 2000 and then playing 11 seasons with his hometown Roughnecks from 2002-12.

He went on to win three NLL titles, one with Toronto in his rookie season and two with Calgary.

"I'm very fortunate I was on a lot of great teams, played with a lot of great players, a lot of Hall of Famers, so it's nice to be recognized with them," Toth said.

"I played the game because I enjoyed it, I loved being a part of a team and I loved winning."

Toth's NLL career started with a bang as he scored the championship-winning goal for the Rock in the NLL Final, which turned out to be the final goal scored at Maple Leaf Gardens.

"It was huge, being able to play in Maple Leaf Gardens, not a lot of people can say that they've done that. We had a great team, battled all year and made it to the championship game," Toth said.

"The play, we call the timeout, threw the six-on-five and it just so happened that they play that we designed, they were anticipating and they left me open, Colin Doyle fed the ball to me and I got lucky."

In addition to the NLL titles, Toth also won two Mann Cups, one Minto Cup and a gold medal with Team Canada.

Toth finished with 315 goals and 713 points in 186 career NLL games and had his number 9 retired by the Roughnecks in 2013.

Toth's lacrosse career almost didn't start as he was playing in the ECHL when he was selected second overall in the National Lacrosse League draft.

He attempted to play both sports at once, which he did during his junior career, playing lacrosse in the offseason while in the WHL, but his coach, Chris Nilan wouldn't allow it.

"They didn't want to see me get injured, so I said okay I made the commitment to play hockey, I signed my contract, so I was going to play throughout the year and then when it came to next year, I was going to evaluate my options," Toth explained.

Toth decided to play lacrosse after finding out he was denied a call-up to the American Hockey League, but it ended up being the right decision.

"Once I played the first year pro with Toronto, winning that championship, scoring the last professional goal in Maple Leaf Gardens, it was a no brainer I was going to be a lacrosse player instead of a hockey player," he said.

In the WHL, Toth was originally drafted 16th overall by the Prince Albert Raiders in the 1992 WHL Bantam Draft. He was traded to Moose Jaw during the 1995-96 season and finished his WHL career with the Lethbridge Hurricanes.

He played 259 total games in the WHL, posting 96 goals and 176 points over that time.

Toth said he loved his time with the Warriors.

"I had a lot of good times," he said. "The one that sticks out was beating Brandon in the playoffs, we had a good rivalry, they always had a fairly good team, so you had to be on your 'A' game to beat them.

"That year, the team we had wasn't good enough to go all the way, but we had a bunch of special pieces and we just got good towards the end of the year and rode a hot streak."

Toth played during the Civic Centre era and he said he still has fond, but cold, memories of the arena.

"It was so cold all the time, during practices, it was just freezing, he said. "It was one of those unique buildings that you loved to play in when it was your building."

Toth now lives in Ladysmith, B.C. where he lives with his wife and three kids.

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